Radiation Curing Technology in Composites

The next Boston SAMPE Meeting on March 18, 2010 will feature Anthony Berejka of IONICORP+. Click on the link below to make a reservation.

Meeting location : Wyndham Boston Andover
123 Old River Road | Andover, Massachusetts 01810 P 978-975-3600
6.00 pm Social Hour ~ 6.30 pm Dinner ~ 7.45 pm Presentation

Abstract: The curing of the matrix of fiber reinforced composites using ionizing radiation from electron beam (EB) accelerators had been demonstrated in the late 1960’s and a fair amount of research has been since conducted. The parameters of the accelerators used for this application and of X-rays derived from these high current EB sources, which can also be used for curing, will be reviewed. Matrix chemistry can be studied using low-energy EB sources and then scaled up to higher energy EB or X-ray use for composite curing. The challenges in implementing this technology on an industrial basis will be discussed and an automated, integrated systems approach presented in order to enhance the industrial acceptance of this energy-efficient curing technology.

Presenter: ANTHONY J. BEREJKA, IONICORP+, FOUR WATCH WAY, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743, Phone/Fax: 631-549-8517, E-mail: berejka@msn.com

Bio: Since 1981, Tony Berejka has run his own consulting firm, IONICORP+, in Huntington, New York, which deals in materials and process development, venture appraisals and technology transfer. Clients have included major corporations, such as Exxon Chemical, Mobil Chemical, Bristol-Myers Squibb and numerous smaller and some start-up companies. He was a Vice-President at Radiation Dynamics, Inc. (1978-1981), now IBA Industrial, the Long Island based supplier of high energy industrial electron beam accelerators. Following nearly a decade at Exxon Chemical Research in New Jersey (1966-1974), where he was engaged in polymer and specialty chemical development, Tony became involved in radiation processing at the Raychem Corporation (1974-1978), the world's largest industrial user of this processing method, now Tyco Electronics. At Raychem, he developed the corrosion protection wrap for the below grade section of the Alyeska pipeline (400 miles of 48 inch diameter pipe). Before joining Exxon, he worked in the graphic arts and adhesives areas in new product and materials development (1961-1966).

Tony has published numerous articles, many dealing with the market, technology and environmental aspects of radiation processing. He holds fifteen US patents, many related to materials used in irradiation technology, with two pending. He received his Bachelors degree in Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame (1959) and his Masters of Business Administration with a Certificate in International Business from Seton Hall University (1970). He is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS -- Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Division), of ASTM International (ASTM -- Committees D-1 on Coatings, D-14 on Adhesives, and E-10.01 on Dosimetry), of the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE – Medical Plastics Division), of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Association and a founding member and Past-President of RadTech International North America (1991-1992), the industrial association for the advancement of radiation technology. He has also been a member of the organizing committees for many of the International Meetings on Radiation Processing (IMRP), having given presentations at several IMRP meetings including invited presentations in Beijing (1992), in Istanbul (1994), in Avignon (2001), and in Chicago (2003). Tony served on an organizing committee working with the US Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to form the US Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurement and Standards (CIRMS), a forum composed of individuals representing industry, academia and various US federal agencies and departments dealing with irradiation technology. He is a Past-President of CIRMS (1996) and now chairs the CIRMS Science and Technology Committee and is the editor of a “Needs Report” on ionizing radiation. He has also served on National Research Council panels that reviewed the NIST Physics Laboratory and Measurement Services (1997-2002) and on a National Academy of Science panel that appraised alternatives to assuring the safety of the US mail from bio-terrorism threats such as anthrax (2001). He is a consultant to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Industrial Applications and Chemistry Section dealing with the effects of irradiation on materials, having given presentations in Vienna (2003), at Notre Dame (2003), in Cairo (2005) and in Sao Paulo (2005 – on composites). He is working on a booklet for the IAEA on industrial electron beam processing. Tony has participated in four energy efficiency projects co-funded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), being the principal investigator of two, including a recently (2007) completed feasibility study on the use of X-radiation to cure carbon fiber matrix materials, the results of which were presented at a SAMPE meeting in 2007.

HOURS: 6:00 pm Social Time ~ 6:30 pm Dinner , ~ 7.45 pm Presentation
DINNER: Grilled Steak, Chicken, Fish
COST: $20 SAMPE Members, $10 SAMPE Student Members

Reservations are required no later than Noon on Monday March 15, 2010

Please use the web-form to reserve your seat and make your dinner selection. Click here for reservations =====> http://www.bostonsampe.org/reservation.htm

SAMPE DFW Materials Expo 2010 - April 13th from 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Join the DFW SAMPE Chapter as they host SAMPE - Materials Expo 2010!

Industry experts and vendors will be brought together at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites for an evening of networking, tabletop exhibits and BBQ dinner to discover the latest advancements in materials and processes.

Enjoy a BBQ dinner and drinks, provided at no cost for Expo attendees! Great door prices will be awarded, compliments of DFW SAMPE exhibitors and sponsors.

Click Here for Location Information, Registration and Hotel Accommdations

SAMPE Iberica - SASPO-10 1st Iberian Technical Conference

October 22, 2010 in FIDAMC-EADS-IW-Spain, Avda Rita Levi Motalchini - 29, 28906 Getafe (Madrid) - TecnoGetafe

SASPO-10 Conference has been created to stimulate the best ideas in Advance Materials and Process Engineering in the Iberian Peninsula.

SASPO-10 invites you to submit an abstract of maximum 200 word (1 page) to the Scientific Committe of SAMPE Spain, not later than 15th of June 2010, by e-mail to Fco.Fernandez@fidamc.es

You can send your upcoming Chapter Events to Janie Drake or Patricia Padelford.